3701:1-44-22
Reporting requirements.

(A)
Each licensee shall notify the department as soon as possible but not later
than four hours after the discovery of an event that prevents immediate
protective actions necessary to avoid exposures to radiation or radioactive
materials that could exceed regulatory limits or releases of licensed material
that could exceed regulatory limits (events may include fires, explosions,
toxic gas releases, etc.).

(B)
Each licensee shall notify the department within twenty-four hours after the
discovery of any of the following events involving licensed material:

(a)
Requires access to the contaminated area,
by workers or the public, to be restricted for more than twenty-four hours by
imposing additional radiological controls or by prohibiting entry into the
area;

(b)
Involves a quantity of
material greater than five times the lowest annual limit on intake specified in
appendix C to rule
3701:1-38-12 of the
Administrative Code for the material; and

(c)
Has access to the area restricted for a
reason other than to allow radionuclides with a half-life of less than
twenty-four hours to decay prior to decontamination.

(2)
An event in which equipment is disabled
or fails to function as designed when:

(a)
The equipment is required by rule or license condition to prevent releases
exceeding regulatory limits, to prevent exposures to radiation and radioactive
materials exceeding regulatory limits, or to mitigate the consequences of an
accident;

(b)
The equipment is
required to be available and operable when it is disabled or fails to function;
and

(c)
No redundant equipment is
available and operable to perform the required safety function.

(3)
An event that requires
unplanned medical treatment at a medical facility of an individual with
spreadable radioactive contamination on the individual's clothing or body.

(4)
An unplanned fire or explosion
damaging any licensed material or any device, container, or equipment
containing licensed material when:

(a)
The
quantity of material involved is greater than five times the lowest annual
limit on intake specified in appendix C to rule
3701:1-38-12 of the
Administrative Code for the material; and

(b)
The damage affects the integrity of the
licensed material or its container.

(C)
Reports made by licensees in response to
the requirements of this rule must be made as follows:

(1)
Licensees shall make reports required by
paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule by telephone to the department. To the
extent that the information is available at the time of notification, the
information provided in these reports must include:

(2)
Each licensee who makes a report required
by paragraph (A) or (B) of this rule shall submit a written follow-up report
within thirty days of the initial report. Written reports prepared pursuant to
other rules may be submitted to fulfill this requirement if the reports contain
all of the necessary information and the appropriate distribution is made.
These written reports must be sent to the department by an appropriate method
listed in rule
3701:1-44-05 of the
Administrative Code. The reports must include the following:

(a)
A description of the event, including the
probable cause and the manufacturer and model number (if applicable) of any
equipment that failed or malfunctioned;